Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The latest controversy out of Callaghan Park, Rockhampton is said to be that the trackwork supervisor, a bloke named Bevon Burnell, does not hold a First Aid Certificate and hasn’t for years. This is a major concern. What happens if a rider fall and gets injured, or suffers a medical episode and requires urgent CPR? […]
Jockey Andrea Atzeni (pictured) Horse trainer Graham Begg comes across as an affable type of bloke, always calm and polite. He seems like the type of bloke who would take a lot to upset. UK jockey Andrea Atzeni managed it. Take a listen to Beggsy get stuck into him. Stamp his card NEVER TO RETURN.
What the hell went on here? Saga’s Girl is the horse circled in the orange near the rear as they go down the back. In between the bits we see through the fog and those we can’t the horses up front fan wide and Saga’ Girl gets a dream run up to about third on […]
There has been much said this week about the QRIC’s heat policy, particularly by those in the bush who are most affected by the changes being made to it. Somewhere in all the debate about what the best way to care for the welfare of the horses in extreme heat, someone forget the most important […]
There were 21 horses scratched from the 5 race card at Cloncurry on Saturday because there were no-one there to ride them. Only five jockeys turned up to the meeting. Every rider earned a minimum of $1655 in fees and percentages. Two of them earned around two grand. It’s bloody good money for a day’s […]
There is not much I can say. The video says it all. Poor bloody kid. How brave is he? Give generously.
Swiftbet are one of the four bookies fielding at the Call of the Card. They’ve gained a great deal of free currency out of it. But not enough to get them to turn up at Derby Day today. The Swiftbet stand was a ghost town. No bookie was there. It wasn’t a very good look […]
Whoever said horses aren’t herd animals? They were wrong.
Wanna buy your Dad a pony for Xmas? N40 has 31 of them to sell. We don’t know which ones they are because the catalogue is not up yet, but you’d imagine they are either reasonably well bred or performed. None of the yearlings N40 bought in NZ this year are likely to be included […]
Trista Dixon is a skilled and experienced trot driver and although I haven’t met her personally is by all reports a very nice person too, so I mean no disrespect to her or criticism of her personally in any way when I say what I am about to say. All I am doing is telling […]
